Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen
1804–40
Prussian botanist and physician. Naturalist on board the Prinzess Louise, 1830–2. Published the results of the voyage, 1834–43. Carried out microscopic investigations of plants and animals.
Sources
ADB
DSB.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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